David Rovics

David Stefan Rovics ( ROH-viks; born April 10, 1967) is an American indie singer/songwriter. His music concerns both topical subjects such as the Iraq War, anti-globalization, anarchism, and social justice issues, and also labor history. Rovics has been an outspoken critic of former president George W. Bush, the Republican Party, John Kerry, and the Democratic Party. Rovics is critical of the United States government's policies and claims that the "U.S. government's foreign policy represents U.S. corporate interests" and that "the U.S. government does not like democracy either at home or abroad." Although some of Rovics' work is not self-published, and much of it is commercially distributed, Rovics has made all of his recorded music freely available as downloadable mp3 files. He encourages the free distribution of his work by all non-profit means to promote his work and spread political messages, and speaks out against websites or programs like iTunes that charge money for downloading his songs. Rovics has also advocated the performing of his songs at protests and demonstrations and has made his sheet music and lyrics available for download.

From Auschwitz to Gaza - 2025-09-01T00:00:00.000000Z

In Our Dreams (Acoustic) - 2025-08-06T00:00:00.000000Z

In Our Dreams - 2025-07-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Deport the Billionaires - 2025-03-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Make the Planet Earth Great Again - 2025-02-21T00:00:00.000000Z

From the Ashes - 2025-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

For the Moment - 2024-12-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Notes from A (Bad Thing) - 2024-12-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Jabaliya - 2024-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Ministry of Culture: Live on the Big Island - 2024-09-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Ministry of Culture: Live at Ecosocialism 2024 - 2024-09-01T00:00:00.000000Z

I Heard a Rumor - 2024-08-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Bearing Witness - 2024-05-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Live in Boulder - 2023-08-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Killing the Messenger - 2023-04-07T00:00:00.000000Z

It's Been a Year - 2022-01-24T00:00:00.000000Z

May Day - 2021-08-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Rebel Songs (Free the Imagination) - 2021-03-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Say Their Names - 2020-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Notes from a Failed State - 2020-06-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Viral Solidarity - 2020-04-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Strangers & Friends - 2020-01-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Songs for Today - 2019-09-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Meanwhile in Afghanistan (Solo Acoustic) - 2019-08-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Historic Times - 2019-05-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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